CHILD CARE CRISIS Dried Up Federal Funding May Dramatically Increase Child Care Costs
Reported by: Deborah Linz
Videographer: Troy Morgan
Web Producer: Deborah Linz
Reported: Jul. 24, 2012 4:15 PM EDT
Updated: Jul. 25, 2012 10:21 AM EDT
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Charleston
, Kanawha County
, West Virginia
Following an outcry from parents, child care providers and other child advocates Governor Tomblin has chosen to lift a freeze on new parents entering the states subsidized child care program. That freeze was set to take place one week from today. But hundreds of parents still face rising co-pays and elimination from the program entirely.... of which many are still calling a child care crisis.
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Deborah Linz
